TEEN comic Callum Oakley will headline a show at the Liverpool Comedy Festival.

After wowing the audience during the televised Britain’s Got Talent show and winning over fellow comic David Walliams, the 16-year-old from Moreton has already secured his next big gig.

Sam Avery, from Liverpool’s Comedy Trust which organises the festival, said he was a “natural choice” for the event which will run from September 27 to October 7.

The Comedy Trust first spotted Callum after he took part in one of their schools’ programmes. He went on to win The Comedy Trust’s Young Comedian of the Year in 2010.

Mr Avery said: “I think Callum has come on so much in the last six months, and obviously with the TV exposure he has got his own following now. So we wanted to give him a chance to develop his own thing.

“On BGT he only got around 90 seconds. It’s not really enough time to get your stuff across. Shows are around 15 to 20 minutes.”

Callum said he was “excited” about the prospect of having his own show and was already running through possible venues with organisers.

He said: “The idea of headlining my own show at the Liverpool Comedy Festival at my age would be a massive achievement.”

The up and coming star also had a message for the ECHO’s former guest editor John Bishop, who accused him of stealing his gags during a prank call staged by a radio station.

Callum said: “Tell Mr Bishop I’ll get him back!

“He did a prank call, saying that all my material was copyrighted and performed by him.

“I was lost for words and speechless, but just to get a phone call from him was amazing. He went on to congratulate me on my performance which is a massive compliment as he is one of the big stars today in the comedy world.”

The young comic has not slowed down since his appearance on BGT. He now has a London-based agent and has been receiving rave reviews. Radio One DJ Chris Moyles said he was one of his favourites and had great comic timing.

Callum, a Wallasey High School student, got through to the live semi finals of BGT which was eventually won by a performing dog Pudsey with its owner Ashleigh. During his BGT appearances, Callum particularly stuck a chord with judge David Walliams who said of the hopeful: “I’ve never seen a stand up comic so young and so brilliant”.